Doctors told their devastated parents the chance of a family suffering the cruel double blow ?was smaller than winning the lottery twice.

The Kirkcaldy family’s nightmare began when Rebekah developed a swelling on her arm in September 2011.

Doctors identified it as Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer that affects fewer than 30 children in the UK every year.

Then in May ?last year, Megan discovered a lump behind her ear.

Surgeons removed it but had to break the bad news to her parents that she had B-cell lymphoma, a form of blood cancer.

Recalling that day, mum Julie said: “I almost collapsed. How could this happen a second time?

“It wasn’t even the same type of cancer. There was no link.”

Rebekah, who was 11 when she was diagnosed, got chemotherapy at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. She endured six intensive sessions, which lasted nine hours a day, to shrink the tumour – and was distraught when her long locks began falling out after only the second session.

The St Andrew’s High School pupil also had a nine-hour ?operation to transplant a bone from her lower leg into her arm, where a piece had to be removed.

After the surgery, she was in intensive care for four days – and then faced eight more chemotherapy sessions before she was given the all clear in August last year.

At that time, little sister Megan was still undergoing her own course of intensive chemotherapy.

Her treatment ended in September and she later learned that she had also won her fight with cancer.

To celebrate, they were treated to a two-week break in Florida by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Staying at the Give Kids the World Village in Kissimmee, Florida, the family enjoyed a fortnight in the sun, visiting theme parks such as Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando.

Julie, 40, said the holiday “drew a line” under their ordeal, adding: “We’ll never forget it. It was the holiday of a lifetime.”

Dad Murray, 43, said: “It was such a relief to get away after being cooped up in hospitals for such a long time.”

Hamish Hey, four, Nairn

Young Hamish at his home in Nairn

A LITTLE boy who had part of his leg amputated and sewn on back-to-front after being diagnosed with cancer can now run, swim and ride a bike.

Four-year-old Hamish Hey, ?from Nairn, will celebrate his remarkable recovery by taking part in a charity walk at the weekend.

Hamish spent 18 months in Glasgow’s Yorkhill Royal Hospital for Sick Children after being ?diagnosed with metastatic ?alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer, in 2011.

He had chemotherapy ?but eventually had to have part of his left leg cut off ?to remove a tumour the size of a lemon.

Hamish was just two ?when the cancer was found in his leg.

His parents, Susan and Sam, both 34, were devastated when the intensive chemotherapy failed and their son had to have the chunk of his leg amputated.

Surgeons cut out the middle part of Hamish’s leg, from above his ankle to above his knee – ?and then reattached his ankle ?and foot to his thigh the wrong way round.

The eight-hour operation created a joint that would work as a knee so he could use an artificial leg.

Hamish has made an impressive recovery and is due to start school in August.

Now his grandparents Liz and Danny Bow have organised a 10-mile road race and three-mile fun run in his Highland home town on Sunday.

The event will raise money for CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading children’s cancer charity, and the Yorkhill Children’s Foundation.

And even though Hamish has ?to use a wheelchair some of the time, he’ll be taking part – and is determined to do as much of the route as possible on foot.

Liz said: “He’s doing incredibly well. He’s amazed everybody and is doing everything a wee boy of his age would do.

“Hamish can play with other children again.

“He’s learned to ride a bike, goes swimming and can even run but gets very tired.”

Hamish’s parents and his sister Lily, six, will all be taking part in the fun run with him, while his grandad will tackle the 10-mile road race.

Hamish’s proud ?grandmother added: “The local support has been tremendous.

“The town has already raised about £15,000 for CLIC Sargent with different events.

“We decided to share the money between CLIC Sargent and the Yorkhill Children’s ?Foundation, as these are both services Hamish has benefited from hugely over the last two years and continues to do so.”